Feminine Fusion

Dec 1-7, 2018: Blow Your Own Horn

by Diane Jones

December 1, 2018

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“Great musicians are great musicians, whether they are playing a trombone or an electric guitar or a xylophone.” – Chris Stapleton

There are longstanding stereotypes for so-called masculine versus feminine instruments. In the 1904 edition of Musical Standard, Gustave Kerker notes that quote – “Women cannot possibly play brass instruments and look pretty, and why should they spoil their good looks?” Fortunately, we are finally, albeit slowly, moving away from those biases. Today, we are going to hear performances by some of the talented women who have ignored the stereotypes and are blowing their own horns.